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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue(s): Buiten-IJ, Amsterdam
Date Started: August 2, 1928
Date Finished: August 8, 1928
Format: Eight races, two on the last two days. The 20 competitors were separated into two groups of 10 for the 1st and 3rd races, and two differing groups of 10 for the 2nd and 4th races. Races 1-4 were preliminary, with point-for-place scoring, the top ten finishers advancing to the final four races. Final placements were determined by a majority ordinal system, based on the results of all eight races.
| Gold: | Sven Thorell |
| Silver: | Henrik Robert |
| Bronze: | Bertel Broman |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | MO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Thorell | 40 | Sweden | SWE | Gold | 4 1sts | |
| 2 | Henrik Robert | 41 | Norway | NOR | Silver | 3 1sts | |
| 3 | Bertel Broman | 38 | Finland | FIN | Bronze | 2 1sts, 2 2nds | |
| 4 | Willem de Vries Lentsch | 41 | Netherlands | NED | 2 1sts, 1 2nd | ||
| 5 | Egon Beyn | 34 | Germany | GER | 1 1st | ||
| 6 | Tito Nordio | Italy | ITA | 2 2nds | |||
| 7 | Jacob Andersen | 36 | Denmark | DEN | 1 2nd, 3 4ths | ||
| 8 | Gordon Fowler | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 1 2nd, 1 4th, 3 5ths | ||
| 8 | Harold Gaydon | Great Britain | GBR | 1 2nd, 1 4th, 3 5ths | |||
| 9 | Léon Huybrechts | 51 | Belgium | BEL | 1 2nd, 1 4th | ||
| 10 | Manfred Curry | 28 | United States | USA | 2 3rds | ||
| 11 | Kārlis Klāsens | Latvia | LAT | 1 3rd, 1 5th | |||
| 12 | Rupert Ellis-Brown | 47 | South Africa | RSA | 1 3rd | ||
| 13 | Raul Uhl | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 1 4th, 1 5th | ||
| 14T | Santiago Amat | 40 | Spain | ESP | 2 6ths, 1 7th, 1 10th | ||
| 14T | Charles Laverne | France | FRA | 2 6ths, 1 7th, 1 10th | |||
| 14T | Louis Pauly | France | FRA | 2 6ths, 1 7th, 1 10th | |||
| 16 | Henri Fivaz | Switzerland | SUI | 1 6th, 2 7ths | |||
| 17 | Rudolf Winter | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 1 6th, 1 8th | |||
| 18T | Adam Wolff | 28 | Poland | POL | 1 7th, 2 8ths | ||
| 18T | Władysław Krzyżanowski | 22 | Poland | POL | 1 7th, 2 8ths | ||
| 19 | Robert Johanny | Austria | AUT | 1 9th | |||
| AC | Émile Barral | 36 | Monaco | MON |